jsf/plugins/org.eclipse.jst.jsf.core/src/org/eclipse/jst/jsf/core/internal/jsflibraryconfig/JSFLibraryConfiglModelSource.java

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 *    Justin Chen
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package org.eclipse.jst.jsf.core.internal.jsflibraryconfig;

import java.util.List;

import org.eclipse.jst.jsf.core.internal.project.facet.IJSFFacetInstallDataModelProperties.IMPLEMENTATION_TYPE;

/**
 * Interface for data source to instanciate a <b>JSFLibraryConfigModel</b> object. 
 * 
 * @author Justin Chen - Oracle
 */
public interface JSFLibraryConfiglModelSource {
 	/**
	 * Return a saved JSF implementation library.  
	 * Depends on the model source, it could be sticky values from DialogSettings or 
	 * project property values.  
	 * 
	 * A null could be returned when creating first web project in a new workspace.
	 * 
 	 * @return JSFLibraryInternalReference
 	 */
 	public JSFLibraryInternalReference getJSFImplementationLibrary();
 	
 	/**
	 * Return a list of saved JSF component libraries.
	 * Otheriwse, return an empty list.
	 *  
 	 * @return List
 	 */
 	public List getJSFComponentLibraries(); 
 	
 	/**
	 * Return type of implementation
	 *  
 	 * @return {@link IMPLEMENTATION_TYPE}
 	 */
 	public IMPLEMENTATION_TYPE getImplementationType(); 	
}